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U.S. track star Allyson Felix surpassed the record after winning bronze on Friday in the 400 meters at the Tokyo Olympics.

In one of several courtroom outbursts, Robert Lewis Dear, who is accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, said he was guilty and won't go to trial.

NPR's Russell Lewis got quite a view from the beach Monday as a hammerhead cruised among swimmers. Check the picture he snapped.

The prosecution has rested at the perjury trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. The defense begins presenting its side of the story on Monday.

Federal prosecutors submit evidence they say merits a life sentence for Richard Reid, who pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a jumbo jet with explosives hidden in his shoes. Before that could take place Reid was subdued by passengers and crew members aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. Sentencing is Jan. 30. Alex Ashlock reports.

Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski is sentenced to eight to 25 years, following his conviction for stealing more than $600 million from the company's coffers. Kozlowski and former Tyco finance chief Mark Swartz were both given the maximum sentence for grand larceny and could come up for parole in eight years.

Genarlow Wilson, a high-school student sentenced to 10 years in prison for engaging in consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl, was released from prison on Friday after serving two years of his term. In a 4-3 decision, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wilson's sentence "cruel and unusual punishment."

The president commuted the sentences of eight people convicted on cocaine-related charges and pardoned 13 others convicted of other offenses.

Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, was sentenced on Thursday to 5 1/2 years in prison for providing material support for terrorism. But he will serve only a few months. Hamdan will get credit for the 61 months he has already spent in custody while awaiting trial.

Signaling a possible end to a years-long legal saga, South Africa's highest court denied the former track star's request, clearing the way for sentencing.